Opinion

SAN FRANCISCO — The state’s third-largest health insurer violated patient confidentiality by accidentally e-mailing the names of 12,000 patients to the wrong doctors, company officials acknowledged. -more-

Henry James Vaux, Sr., a professor emeritus of forestry at the University of California, Berkeley, and former chairman of California's Board of Forestry, died on Dec. 22 in Berkeley after a brief illness. He was 88. -more-

Critics say money will just flow through different channels with same effect -more-

DENVER – A 25-year-old California man has died of head injuries sustained while snowboarding this week at Breckenridge Ski Resort. -more-

Joe L. Wallace will fight for bus money. The new director on the AC Transit Board said he wants to keep people who are transit dependent in the forefront of his mind, which, he said, means more money for bus services, the transportation that low-income urban residents depend on. -more-